Re: [cobalt-users] .tar - Transferring Sites From One Cobalt to Another

["alex" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have the same problem. I fix using only tar, not gzip compression.

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From: "COMPUTICA" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 7:11 AM
Subject: [cobalt-users] .tar - Transferring Sites From One Cobalt to Another


> Hello Everyone,
>
> A few months ago, I had to transfer all my sites from one Cobalt to
> another one we have.
>
> Now, I am transferring the sites back (now that it's fixed).
>
> I kept accurate notes on exactly what I did last time and now it's not
> working....
>
> On the machine where the site resides now, I would use the following
> to TAR the file up.
>
>        tar -cpvzf filename.tar.gz web users
>
>        This would tar up the /web and the /users folders.
>
> This still works...
>
> On the target machine, I would use the following to UNTAR the file:
>
>        tar -xpvzf filename.tar.gz
>
> This doesn't work anymore...  :(
>
> On the target machine, when I run that command line, logged in as
> root, I get the following error messages:
>
>       gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
>       tar: Child returned status 1
>       tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>
> Any idea on what I am doing wrong???????  I KNOW this worked
> before.....
>
> -----
> Thanks,
> Ryan Hnetka - President/Partner
> COMPUTICA Hosting - http://www.computicahosting.com
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>
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